Alexander Seery a former detention custody officer for the Nottinghamshire Police Force over four years, is the best-selling author of ‘Police Officer to Entrepreneur’, published by Rethink Press. The book outlines how former and current serving officers can gain the necessary business skills in establishing their own business. Alexander explains within his book that many conversations between officers in the force were surrounding their pension schemes.

Part one of ‘Police Officer to Entrepreneur’ titled ‘The Entrepreneur in You’ outlines how officers said that their pensions kept them “handcuffed to the job”. Alexander explains that there are three main problems that police officers faced within their role; a lack of time, an undervalued feeling and unstable mental...

Alexander Seery built his first company with zero start-up capital to a six-figure business while working full time as a detention officer based in custody for Nottinghamshire Police. After resigning from the force, Alexander went on to create Shifts to Success, a specialised business training company that supports former and serving police officers to build successful businesses within their unique business industries and ideas. Alexander believes that higher valuations need to be placed on police officers’ lives and roles, by the government and other significant organisations.